When Larissa met Ian at college in 2005, she never dreamed she'd one day be his wife ... and his caretaker. After a tragic accident left Ian without the ability to speak, walk or care for himself, she did what any woman in love would do: she married him.
"There will always be the older white woman in Walmart who stared at us with sheer disgust, or the African-American mother who looked at us and just shook her head.”
"I can’t begin to tell you how many people I’ve met who said that they rarely ever heard their parents tell them they loved them, let alone showed any type of affection to them growing up."
"Some of the comments have been very distressing. Some have been very cruel. There have been a number of cannibalistic comments, people talking about whether or not we would make soup. There was also a cult group who took the pictures and posted them on their own personal page in order to make many similar comments and to degrade pre-born children and Christians."
“To the parents, be vigilant. Pay attention to what your children are doing online. Social networking is an environment for predators to prey on and exploit the innocence of our children.”
“I just witnessed a boy, maybe about 6 or 7, accidentally spill a slushee everywhere. I'm talking blue and red goop all over the floor, the table, everywhere.”
